Apparel for neckwear



Aug. 12, 1958 w. H. MEEKER 2,846,688

APPAREL FOR NECKWEAR Filed Aug. 10. 1953 INVENTOR William 17!. Meeker so BY ATTORNEYS United States Patent APPAREL FOR NECKWEAR William H. Meeker, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Hickok Manufacturing Co. Inc., Rochester, N. Y., a corporafion of New York Application August 10, 1953, Serial No. 373,179 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-150) The present invention relates generally to apparel and is directed particularly to a novel article of neckwear comprising a necktie and a slide cooperatively associated therewith for relative adjustment.

An object of the present invention is to provide an article of neckwear which includes a necktie and a slide and which slide is of extreme simplicity in construction yet wherein the construction is such that when associated with sections of the necktie, relative adjustment can be made with the adjustment being retained by the nature of the construction.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an article of neckwear comprising a slide and necktie, or neck encircling garment assembly wherein the entire slide can be constructed from flat metallic sheet stock or from other thin sheet forming material and wherein the passageway through the slide is divided into at least partially separated passages through each of which a tie section is frictionally engaged for relative adjustment.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a simple and economical construction for a slide of the type described wherein only stamping, forming and joining operations are necessary to provide an improved slide of compact arrangement through which tie sections can be engaged easily and frictionally held in adjusted relationship.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide an improved slide and necktie assembly which will be of such neat and compact construction as to be useful as for wear with sports shirts or wherever such assembly is desired to be used.

Various other objects and advantages will become apparent from the detailed description to follow. In its preferred embodiment the slide member of the garment is comprised of a thin sheet of metallic stock, precious or otherwise, stamped to shape and formed into a substantially triangularly shaped casing with a passageway therethrough. The casing has fiat front and rear walls, the front wall being adapted to provide an ornamental appearance or to carry ornamentation, as desired, While the rear wall has a depressed portion forming an indentation which obstructs the passageway through the casing sufliciently to provide at least partially separated passages. In its association with a necktie the tie has a loop with portions thereof engaged through the passageway, one portion passing through each of the divided passages and being frictionally engaged by the indentation.

When in wearing position the loop of the necktie is disposed around the collar of a shirt and the collar may be held closed by moving the slide up to position between the ends or Wings of the collar, as shown in Fig. 1, in which position it simulates, particularly when of triangular form as above stated, the knot of a conventional four-in-hand tie, or it may be positioned lower down to leave the collar partly open.

In the drawings:

Patented Aug. 12, 1958 Fig. 1 shows the article of neckwear of the present invention in one position of use with a sports shirt;

Fig. 2 isa view of the article as seen from the front;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the slide per se;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational view of the slide of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view as taken substantially along the plane of line 55 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the slide of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the slide and necktie assembly as seen from the rear; and

Fig. 8 is a layout of the sheet from which the slide is constructed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings it will be seen that a slide 10 and necktie 12 are shown in assembly.

The slide 10 is formed from thin metallic sheet stock, precious or not as desired, but it will be understood that other than metal is well within the comprehension of the present invention. As seen best in Fig. 8, the sheet 13 is stamped to the shape as shown with a substantially straight edge 14, parallel edge 16, diverging edges 18 and 20 angularly extending at about 45 from the edge 14 and other converging edges 22 and 24 also extending at about a 45 angle relative to edge 14, withcurved edge portions at 26 and 28 joining the edges 18, 14, and 20 while curved edge portions 30 and 32 join edges 22, 16 and 24. In stamping the sheet die portions are utilized with depressed portions of the sheet adjacent the edges 22 and 24 to form offsets at 34 and 36.

After stamping, the sheet 13 is formed into the desired shape by bending end portions 38 and 40 around relative to the medial or front portion 42 until the edges 22 and 24 abut whereat they are joined, as by solder at 44.

When so formed the sheet or casing is of substantially triangular shape and has a passageway 46 passing therethrough from the apex portion at 16 to the base portion at 14, the cross-sectional area of the passageway 46 increasing as it passes from the apex portion to the base portion. As seen best in Figs. 4-7, the depressions 34 and 36 are complementary and together constitute a single depression in the completed slide 19 which provides an offset obstructing the passageway 46 so as to at least partially divide the same into a pair of passages 48 and 50. For ornamental or protective reasons the slide may be coated by dipping or spraying, the material utilized for coating being a matter of choice.

The necktie may be of any desired form o material, and in the form here illustrated is comprised of several narrow strips 52 of leather or other material braided together into a circular cross-section. For protection of the ends of the tie and also for ornamentation, the caps 54 are provided. Each cap 54 is formed from a coil of rather rigid wire 56 tapering from one end 58 to the other end 69. A small ball 63 is soldered to the end 61 of each cap. The caps 54 are then preferably dipped or sprayed simi arly to the slide 10.

Of course, as above stated, the tie need not be of the construction shown and described, the major requirement being that it be adapted to be frictionally held in the passageway.

The ends of the tie 12 are adhesively secured in the caps 54 as by cement.

In use, the loop portion 62 of the tie 12 is engaged about the neck and beneath the collar of the sport shirt of the wearer. By holding the free capped ends of the tie and pushing or sliding the slide upwardly relative to the tie sections 64 and 66, the slide can be moved to a position drawing the ends of the collar together. The tie sections are frictionally engaged through the passages 48 and 50 and the frictional contact is suificient to firmly hold the adjusted relationship without slipping.

It will be understood that ornamentation can be applied or omitted from the front wall or face 42, as desired. For example, the face may be of ribbed formation or smooth with or without jewels, initial'plates or other ornamental means.

As this invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, the present embodiment is therefore illustrative and not restrictive, since the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the description preceding them, and all changes that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims or that form their functional as well as conjointly cooperative equivalents, are therefore intended to be embraced by those claims.

I claim:

1. A slide member for a cord type necktie comprising a casing having a front Wall of substantially frusto-tri-angular outline and edge walls of substantially semi-cylindrical configuration joined to said front wall, back wall portions joined to said edge walls and extending substantially parallel to said front wall, said back wall portions being disposed in abutting relationship to define a back wall whereby a closed hollow casing is defined open only at the ends thereof, said casing being interiorly of'gradually decreasing cross sectional area from the base portion to the apical portion, the back wall having in the apical portion a depressed area having edges extending substantially parallel to the edge walls of the slide member so as to define a pair of diverging passages between opposite edges of the depressed area and the adjacent edge walls of the slide memher, said depressed area extending toward said front wall.

2. An article of neckwear comprising a slide member and a cord type necktie extending through said slide member so as to form a neck encircling loop at one end of the slide member and the depending free ends of the necktie extending from the other end of the slide member, said slide member comprising a front wall of substantially frusto-triangular outline and edge walls of substantially semi-cycindrical configuration joined to said front wall, back wall portions joined to said edge walls and extending substantially parallel to said front wall, said back wall portions being disposed in abutting relationship to define a back wall whereby a closed hollow casing is defined open only at the ends thereof, said casing being interiorly of gradually decreasing cross sectional area from the base portion to the apical portion, a depression formed in the back wall the apical portion and disposed between said edge walls to form diverging passages with the edge walls, the necktie having a curvature in cross section conforming to the curvature of said edge walls, said passages and necktie having a dimensional relationship to frictionally maintain the slide member in adjusted position relative to the necktie.

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